Third time I've been to the zoo this year, I love the zoo and the animals but my recent trip left me thinking that I don't really agree with Zoos anymore. Some of the animals looked a bit sad (see photos attached) and a lot of just seek shelter or shade because it's too hot, the Grizzly bear and Pedro the Rhino looked beyond sad. Pedro the rhino was laid in the exact same position as when we visited in 2015. 7 years of sitting there day in day out alone in a small enclosure being looked at and pointed at by humans. That is no life. I love to see them up close but I can't help but feel what we are doing to them is cruel. Personally if they must be kept then I'd rather see less smaller animals and more bigger animals with much more space to roam. With lots of enrichments for them. I felt a lot of the zoo is just birds and other smaller animals, which yes they are nice but I come to the zoo to see the bigger animals and I'd rather them have more space at the expense of keeping the smaller animals. In my opinion only endangered animals should be held in captivity to help preserve their existence. So I had a great day out but looking back I just left feeling that zoos need to rethink how they operate, maybe less capacity with more space for the bigger animals that need it. I mainly went to see the gorillas but Ebobo and his family spent the entire day closed away in their shelter, evrytime I have been it has also been hard to see the big cats too as they lay in shade all the time. Maybe zoos would be better off specialising in one animal group such as primates or reptiles etc. So I did enjoy my day but I now have an overwhelming feeling of guilt, the slight of poor Pedro the rhino alone is enough to warrant my review score, I don't know how those that work there can look at him everyday laid there with flies around his watery eye, it breaks my heart just looking at photos, please build him a bigger enclosure or release him and others into the wild where they belong. I now urge everyone to avoid Zoos and stop the support of keeping these animals locked up like this.